Medicine:Excavation

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In medicine, excavation has two meanings:

  • the act of hollowing out
  • the space hollowed out, or a natural cavity or pouch

Examples of the latter include:

  • Rectouterine pouch or excavation, between the uterus and the rectum
  • Rectovesical excavation, between the rectum and the male bladder
  • Vesicouterine excavation, between the bladder and the uterus in a female